Gigabyte GA-Z490 AORUS ELITE

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	6.25% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	326% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	128GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 128GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z490 AORUS ELITE (all builds)
Memory	121.7 GB free of 128 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200325
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '20 at 18:08
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900K-$449 107,269 User benchmarks, average bench 100% U3E1, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Memory 82.9 1-Core 155 2-Core 311 98% 183 Pts	4-Core 619 8-Core 1,196 108% 907 Pts	64-Core 2,005 124% 2,005 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 39,219 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8280 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	6.25% Terrible	Lighting 6.1 Reflection 10.6 Parallax 9.1 5% 8.6 fps	MRender 11.7 Gravity 7.7 Splatting 12.1 9% 10.5 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.25% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 816GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2233 1957 1189 1167 1182 1182 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	326% Outstanding	Read 2,510 Write 2,321 Mixed 1,670 SusWrite 1485 448% 1,996 MB/s	4K Read 61.1 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 83.1 279% 98.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1199 DQ Write 970 DQ Mixed 1,093 816% 1,087 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 326% Great: 372%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW128GX4M4D3600C18 4x31.8GB 1,472 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 4 of 4 slots used 127GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.7% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 21.6 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 21.9 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 75.3 53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 153%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 178%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 177%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z490 AORUS ELITE

CPU
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	298x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	140x
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	131x

GPU
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	158x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	157x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	89x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	69x
Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD $74Bench 228%, 180,890 samples	42x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	41x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	31x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	25x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $160Bench 88%, 110,884 samples	24x

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Value: 69% - Good

Total price: $1,355

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16